Power laddoo is a delicious recipe which my mother came up with for fussy eaters!
Ojas is a really fussy eater, hardly eats and when he eats it feels that he is the one who is always on a diet. This power laddoo is a recipe which my mom came up with.
Ojas doesn’t touch ghee and butter. Anything in which I put these two ingredients are refused point blank. Everyone has been telling me, he has become thin. But I feel as long as he is healthy, I don’t care. But on his last visit, the doctor also mentioned that he is dropping percentiles and not putting on weight (he has actually not put on a single gram in the past two months).
So I started a search for a snack which is what he loves to have rather than full meals. When my mom made the besan ladoos he loved them. Mom and I sat and came up with these power laddoos. He eats one every morning and sometimes one in the evening too. I am glad he is enjoying this and thought will share the recipe with you all too.
These laddoos are super delicious and very easy to make. Full of lentils and so healthy! I loved this recipe and end up making the laddoos so often. Ojas really enjoys eating it and I think it provides him some amount of much needed fats plus the other nutrition too.
Its like these power packed nutrition paranthas which I make often for everyone. It is full of health and goodness! Perfect breakfast option!
As parents, we often get so worked up about how to get our children fit and healthy. Honestly, I am not too bothered about his weight. But I do want my child to be healthy and fit. And the best way we can do that is to give them homemade healthy food! So try out these power laddoos and trust me, you will make them often at home!
Power Laddoo (post no 27)
Ingredients
- 2 cups mixed pulses I took all of the pulses at home, apart from channa dal
- 2 cups flour multigrain
- 1 cup besan
- 1/2 cup semolina
- 2 cups ghee
- 1 cup sugar powdered (Ojas likes this when it's less sweet, if you want add more )
- 2 cups dry fruits mixed (almonds, cashew, melon seeds, chironji, flax seeds, walnuts)
Instructions
- Wash and dry all pulses.
- Dry roast the pulses for 4-5 mins till they turn very light brown, taking care not to over-roast them.
- Dry roast the dry fruits for 4-5 mins.
- Finely grind the pulses.
- Coarsely grind the dry fruits.
- Heat oil and add the flour to it.
- Fry for 5-6 mins stirring continuously, take care to not let it stick to the pan.
- Add the powered dals and fry for 3-4 mins.
- Add the semolina and fry for another 3-4 mins.
- Add the besan and fry for 6-7 mins till u get a nice aroma and ghee comes out along the side of the pan.
- Add the dry fruits and sugar and fry for another 3 mins.
- Let it cool and make ladoos.
sounds nutritious.. its interesting that you keep innovating such stuff.
I can use this for my little picky eater. She also loathes cheese and heavy cream.
Sounds Yummm!!!
Actually realized that is there an english word for Chironji???
Won’t it be high on calories?
Monika, I have two things to say here….
1. Don’t get him used to eating fats if he does not like them, The thing with fats is that we are conditioned to like them, because they appeal to our taste buds, and that want remains for life. Try and fulfill that with things like dates, honey etc. Try giving him milk and bananas every morning for a healthy weight increase. Please try not to make him love ghee… I am saying this, because I am such a huge rotund creature today.
2. Don’t worry about the weight, each child has his own growth pattern. According to the BB’s pediatrician, after the first year, the weight gain is about 1-2 kgs per year. The BB does not put on weight for months, in his second year, he just put on 1.5 kgs. The doc was absolutely satisfied. Do try and read up on the net about it. But don’t worry, just don’t worry ok? The Indian craze for overweight babies is pure madness.
Hey thanks re!! I think its really a great idea esp for kids who are so active (and so I am not so worried about the fat part)..
Vaise it was tempting enough for me to fantasize getting some for myself too 😉
Oh yess I love this one. A friend made it for me when I was preggers and I just gobbled it up. Very very nutritious (and fattening!) but perfect for toddlers!
When I was a kid… I could survive the whole day on bread, cheese, milk and fish! I think looking back that was quite nutritious!
thanks tara
glad try hope she likes it our little ones are so picky
🙂 google zindabad prats
BK it will be but kids do need the calories isnt it
i agree they are so hyper active and bad eaters so i guess its fine and they do need some fats anyways
oh tell me abt it I control myself so hard not to eat it
😀
oh the one made of preggers is little diff, no dals and some guand is put supposed to help in lactation
yummy
oh i would be a happy mom if he eats all of that in the things u mentioned he eats only fish
🙂
sounds really good Monika! time i check cub’s weight too! 😀
cheers!
ha ha tell me abt it i am a rotund myself 🙁 but nevertheless I believe that some amount of fats are indeed required by the body… all food groups have their own place and importance… remember the pyramid 🙂
and abt the weight no i am not too worried, I DONT WANT HIM TO BECOME OVER WEIGHT BUT I DONT WANT HIM TO BE UNDERWEIGHT EITHER… which he really is… just abt the 5the percentile of weight and in 70th percentile of weight which puts him in approx 3rd percentile
having said that i am giving this to him as i said above i strongly believe in the fact that all food groups have importance and are required and the amount of energy they burn gosh
ya its good to keep an eye but dont fret over the weight too much 😀
and glad u like it
I’ll try this some day coz I too love Besan ladoos
try it and this is a good time monika u dont have to count the calories 😀
the name is intriguing-loved it- power ladoos…
and the dish sounds really nutritious, will try this-but in winters. Here in punjab it might get too much to try in the scorching heat.
ya i agree try it in winters here in blore we are blessed to have a lovely weather all thru
I liked the recipe very much… I hope my son also likes it. I wanted to know which pulses can I use to make these ladoos. Please name them.
Thanks!
hey this recipe was really useful.
I am currently working on Development of Food Cluster in Maharashtra and this information was used to the fullest.